I checked the status of things at Hoover Reservoir this afternoon. The reservoir is mostly frozen over. The few areas of open water I located were at Oxbow Road, Baldridge Boat Launch and the spillway below the dam. Results were mixed. At Oxbow Road there were several thousand Canada Geese, a few hundred Mallard, lesser numbers of American Black Duck plus a few Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Ruddy Duck and a lone Redhead. Baldridge Boat Launch had over a thousand Canada Geese, a small group of white morf Snow Geese, 15 Common Goldeneye, 40+ Northern Shovelers, a few Ruddy Duck, Mallards, and American Black Duck. The spillway at the dam had Mallard, American Black Duck, many Northern Shoveler. Gadwall, Hooded Merganser, American Wigeon and a lone Green-winged Teal. The creek below had a sole Great Blue Heron, more Northern Shoveler and a few Hooded Merganser. A Sharp-shinned Hawk landed at the near tree line and stayed for about 5 minutes before flying into the pine grove. Charlie Bombaci ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]